UFO Sightings in North Carolina
3,393 UFO sightings reported in North Carolina since 1945, peaking in 2014 (282 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 3,393
- Span
- 1945–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (282 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2030 · peak 2014 (282 reports)
Top cities in North Carolina
Charlotte
1973–2030 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Raleigh
1975–2022 · peak 2014 (13 reports)
Greensboro
1961–2021 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Wilmington
1974–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Fayetteville
1962–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Asheville
1972–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Durham
1981–2021 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Winston-Salem
1945–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Cary
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Hickory
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Gastonia
1992–2022 · peak 2011 (8 reports)
Oak Island
2005–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Holden Beach
1982–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
High Point
1982–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Jacksonville
1967–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Nags Head
1973–2019 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Concord
2000–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Carolina Beach
1987–2020 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Morganton
1980–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Mooresville
1995–2020 · peak 2016 (4 reports)
Dallas · NC, USA
Bright light in window
Louisburg · NC, USA
Large black triangular object with lights on each side and at the points making no discernible noise.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Huge triangle passes over oblivious, sleeping capital
Marshville · NC, USA
UFO in clear sight of entire town, egg shape(on its side)many colored lights,memory tampering,nose bleed,abduction.
Asheville · NC, USA
pre-awarenees would see UFO -- falling star - changing to dancing light - then very high speed departure
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
I SAW WHAT I SAW
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
I shined my bright headlights on it!
Weaverville · NC, USA
UFO IN ASHEVILLE N.C. 1987
Mt. Airy (near) · NC, USA
We were driving south on Hwy. 52 when we saw 3white lights in a triangular shape ascend from thetrees to the left of the highway and ho
Mt. Airy · NC, USA
Roadside triangular UFO sighting resulting in missing time. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Raleigh/Garner · NC, USA
Large Triangle object in sky over North Carolina
Selma · NC, USA
Six aircraft moving at high rates of speed in an acrobatic formation then dissapearing in a star burst
Calypso · NC, USA
UFO of spherical red and yellow lights hovers over family leaving them with no memory of incident
Calypso · NC, USA
In 1986 NC, a red and yellow glowing object appears to mother, son, and daughter leaving them without memory of it
Greensboro · NC, USA
I heard a very low but strong rumbling noise and went to the back porch to see what was making it. When I opened the Storm door I looke
Statesville · NC, USA
I have thought of this event my whole life I was 12 I am now 46.My father and I was standing at edge of our yard when dad said what hel
Clarkton · NC, USA
Low flying, large cigar shaped craft close-up view the day of the Challenger disaster in 1986.
Old Fort · NC, USA
Orange rectangle.
Monroe · NC, USA
Years ago, my husband's aunt and I witnessed something very strange on the way to work early one morning. It was about 5:30am and we we
Swansboro · NC, USA
My sister and I observed a disk for about 5 minutes hovering approximately 120 feet away.
South Nags Head · NC, USA
While walking on beach, two teenagers witnessed football-field-sized triangular craft over water from distance of approx. 50 feet.
Wilkesboro · NC, USA
We were fishing at the spillway at W Kerr Scott Dam in June I can't remember the date 1985. There was a large hill directly in front
Stokes · NC, USA
I think I was about 9yrs old, and my brother 5yrs old. We lived on farming land. We were out playing at the edge of the field one day w
Harrisburg · NC, USA
Ultraviolent,High velocity,silent light emitting no vapor trail or atmospheric turbulence related vapor.
Wiseman's View (Brown Mountain) · NC, USA
A large bright light like the moon. But down in the woods.